English SatiresWilliam Henry Oliphant Smeaton Books for Libraries Press, 1899 - 298 Seiten |
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... reason was Boileau's first task . It was a task which called for courage and skill . . . he struck at the follies and affectations of the world of letters , and he struck with force . It was a needful duty , and one most effectively ...
... reason was Boileau's first task . It was a task which called for courage and skill . . . he struck at the follies and affectations of the world of letters , and he struck with force . It was a needful duty , and one most effectively ...
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... is still as cardinal a quality as ever in the productions of our leading authors . If satires are no longer in fashion , satire is perennial as an attri- bute in literature , and we have every reason to POLITICAL SATIRE . li.
... is still as cardinal a quality as ever in the productions of our leading authors . If satires are no longer in fashion , satire is perennial as an attri- bute in literature , and we have every reason to POLITICAL SATIRE . li.
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William Henry Oliphant Smeaton. bute in literature , and we have every reason to cherish it and welcome it as warmly as of old . The novels of Thackeray , as I have already said , contain some of the most delicately incisive shafts of ...
William Henry Oliphant Smeaton. bute in literature , and we have every reason to cherish it and welcome it as warmly as of old . The novels of Thackeray , as I have already said , contain some of the most delicately incisive shafts of ...
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... reason . Because the matter been so vile , It may nocht have ane ornate style ; Wherefore I pray your Excellence To hear me with great patience : Of stinking weedis maculate No man nay mak ane rose - chaplet . Sovereign , I mean of thir ...
... reason . Because the matter been so vile , It may nocht have ane ornate style ; Wherefore I pray your Excellence To hear me with great patience : Of stinking weedis maculate No man nay mak ane rose - chaplet . Sovereign , I mean of thir ...
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... reason ; And may their jealousies increase and breed Till they confine your steps beyond the Tweed . In foreign nations may your loathed name be A stigmatizing brand of infamy ; Till forced by general hate you cease to roam The world ...
... reason ; And may their jealousies increase and breed Till they confine your steps beyond the Tweed . In foreign nations may your loathed name be A stigmatizing brand of infamy ; Till forced by general hate you cease to roam The world ...
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Seite 128 - Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Seite 182 - Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's...
Seite 140 - Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th...
Seite 147 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Seite 150 - Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind: Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal...
Seite 152 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Seite 36 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk ; VOL.
Seite 51 - But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Seite 125 - Proud as Apollo on his forked hill, Sate full-blown Bufo puffd by ev'ry quill; Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Seite 51 - Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the...